PWA CAL Licensing

[spl3390]

It is my understanding that a CAL is dowloaded once you connect to PWA.

My question:

If I have 10 people in the resource pool and only 2 of these people use PWA,
then I am responsible for paying for 2 CALs?

In other words, the total number of CALs is equal to the number of people
that use PWA, not the total number in the resource pool.

Correct?

 

[JackD]

I believe that is correct. You could have thousands of bogus resources in
your resource file. It would be insane to have to have a licence for all of
them. This is only my opinion though. I don't speak for microsoft.

For a definitive answer I suggest that you read the EULA (end user license
agreement) that came with the software. You can usually find it on the CD or
a computer which has the software installed . Search for "EULA" and it
should turn up.

 

[spl3390]

Thanks. Spoke with an MVP yesterday and he confirmed what we were thinking.

He suggested a good way to lock-down the number of PWA users is by placing
the unlicensed users in a specific group in PWA called "Unlicensed" and deny
this group the ability to login to PWA.

 

[JackD]

Hey, I'm an MVP too.

-Jack ... For project information and macro examples visit
http://masamiki.com/project

..

 

[Mike Glen]

Yes, Jack, but if you don't say so in your sig how can anyone know?

Mike Glen
Project MVP